tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post115316113421071750..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Relative WorthThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1153319046560685862006-07-19T10:24:00.000-04:002006-07-19T10:24:00.000-04:00Yes, I think the interests of the Arabs and the Je...Yes, I think the interests of the Arabs and the Jews are the same: peace, stability, jobs, education...but the missing component is religion. They do not have the same God, they do not have the same beliefs, and they cannot (will not) compromise for one another.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1153243661805085842006-07-18T13:27:00.000-04:002006-07-18T13:27:00.000-04:00Yes, religion definitely plays a part in the equat...Yes, religion definitely plays a part in the equation. I think, though, that religion is mostly just employed as a useful tool to wind up the masses, and get them to do irrational things that are harmful to themselves individually, while advancing the agenda of lunatics. <BR/><BR/>The interests of individual Arabs and Jews are the same: peace, stability, jobs, education, a reasonable lifestyle. The interests of the Arab religious leaders is to keep people unemployed, with no prospects for the future, so they can conveniently be fed the nonsense that they are being kept down by someone else. Scapegoats are always convenient. Having someone else to blame enables guilt transference: "Nope, it ain't my fault that I have no future, it is his fault. He keeps me from getting what I need." <BR/><BR/>Until each nation in the Middle East allows its citizens the freedom to co-exist with their neighbours and stops peddling hateful rhetoric, nothing will chnage.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1153226342407422662006-07-18T08:39:00.000-04:002006-07-18T08:39:00.000-04:00"Somehow though, Israel, with no natural resources..."Somehow though, Israel, with no natural resources to speak of and no desirable land mass for others to envy, and with no territorial ambitions of its own, is a 'threat' to the rest of the region.<BR/><BR/>How?"<BR/><BR/>I think the answer lies in part because they are God's Chosen People. Throughout the Old Testament, the Jews were hated and at war. This is not a cycle that has ended, nor do I think it will end until it gets a lot worse.<BR/> <BR/>Isaiah said, <BR/>"As a lion roars, <BR/>and a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, <BR/>He will not be afraid of their voice, Nor be disturbed by their noise),<BR/>So the LORD of hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill." Is. 31:4<BR/><BR/>Another distressing aspect of this issue is the way that it is not portrayed fairly by the media. I watched BBC News last night, because I find it to be a little more broad than our local Chicago news stations. But, all they covered were the poor people leaving Lebanon. Yes, there are innocent people involved. But did they say a word about the innocent Jews? Do they show any compassion to Israel? Not that I saw.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1153170991050536452006-07-17T17:16:00.000-04:002006-07-17T17:16:00.000-04:00Well said Sieg, you echoed my own thoughts. Howeve...Well said Sieg, you echoed my own thoughts. However, I am not surprised by the problem, and I don't think it will ever go away. That's what you get when you give the most religiously covetted peace of land to a new nation. Christians, Jews, and Mulsims all consider that land to be sacred. So faith is taking precedence over common sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com